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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Yairipok in India


Earthquake location 24.7433S, 94.4837WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Yairipok in India. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 05/03/25 / 2025-03-05 05:36:29 / March 5, 2025 @ 5:36 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 05:36:29 / 5:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pwz6. Unique identifier: us6000pwz6. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 94.4837° East, 24.7433° North.

Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Imphal (c. 223 500 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Kohima (c. 92 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Churāchāndpur (c. 47 800 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Thoubāl (c. 44 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kakching (c. 30 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Mayāng Imphāl (c. 22 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Moirāng (c. 17 100 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Phek (c. 15 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kohima, Phek, Churāchāndpur (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 44 km E of Yairipok, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.4837° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.7433° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km E of Yairipok, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-05 05:36:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-05 05:52:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 482 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 80 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.544 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pwz6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pwz6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pwz6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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